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OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE PA]ISH AND TOWN OF LAFAYETTE.

VOLUME IX. LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1901. NUMBER 5.•=m' • i msn aamssK s smm a t' ! I sssHSu rm u sNSsIi a isSNmS Nsm s ns i .

Now's the time to buy

NEGLIGEE SHIRTS.The neatest and most stylish line in Lafayette

is at our store."Silver" Brand - - - $1.00"Gold Brand" - - - $1.50

We have also a superb assortment of NECKWEARand BELTS.

PLON SKY BROS.,Court-house Square, - - - - - LAFAYETTE, LA.

NOTICE !Watch for "ad." of W. V. NICHOLSON. In

meantime he will have a

.- CAR OF BUGGIES- ANI) A

Car of Agricultural Implements" within a few days, and those desiring a nice

Buggy, Surry or an Implement,SHOULD AWAIT THE ARRIVAL.

JOHN VIGNEAUX,- ---

-- -UNDERTAKER.Experienced embalmer, holding license

from State Board of Health.

Complete line of Coffins, Caskets, Funeral Robes, Etc.

Will take charge of funeral and attend to all details,including graveyard work. Fully equipped with hearseand everything else required for a funeral. Prompt andthorough service given.

Cumberland Phone 8 3.

MARBLE AND CRANITE WORKS'

W, .TT SHOWS, Agent ill LafayetteS and vicinity for

MORRIS BROS., Memphis, '2enn.

MONUMENTS, STATUARY, IlEAI)SI'ONES. FLOWER VASES, ETC.

STATE AGE-:NT FOR THIE ",IODERI{N" WATER FILTrER, O()F BOSTON, MASS.

Cleaning marbles and repalir other work. Also representing The Stewart IronWorks, of Cincinnati, Ohio. dealers in iron fencing, iron bridges, settees, flower vases, etc.

A:Idress ordlersto W. J. SHlOWS, Lafayette. La.10-20.

F. F, Moss. (ARHUR I()NNIT. (First-class prescription service)

MOSS & CO., Moss Pharmacy,General Merchants FRANK E. DAVIS, - Manager.

Uy1 Only ONE Quality-the BEST,FOr cash. of drugs and chemicals. Verycomplete assortment of patent

(One Price Store.) and proprietary medicines.

OUR AIMIs to give you what you want. Ourstock is replenished daily with freshgoods, as our purpose

8I TO PLEASEThose who deal with us. By secur-ing the best brands and giving pur-chasers the benefit of the lowestprices, we are reasonably certain of

EVERYBODY. suiting

Jules J, Mouton,Cumberlant Phone x44-2. LAFAYETTE, IA.

No One Should be WithoutA COMFORAILE. NEAT SH OE

AN)I) IURABLI:........

LEVY BROS. KEE .HE BEST

FOR MEN: Edwin Clapp, $5 to $6 per pair;. Helmner's Bettman, $3.50

per pair; Bostonian, $3.50 to $4.50 per pair.SFOR LADIES: Julia Marlowe, $3 to $3.50 per pair; Duttenhoffer.

$2 to $4 .fer pair.*'-:FOR BABIES: The celebrated Budd shoes.

.The most complete line of shoes ever brought to Lafayette.

LEVY BROS., Lacoste Buildina.

W). PAi. SCH•.E)DUL..

West HBound.ARRIVES. L.EAViS.

No. 7.. ...... 1:43 a. m.... .....1:58 a. m.No. 5 ......... '55 p. m ...... ...2:15 P. m.No. 9. .. 3:26 p. m.". 3:46 p. m.

No. 25 (Sunset Limited) arrives at 2:55 p.m., leaves 3:05 p. m., on Monday, Thurs-day and Saturday.

East Bound.ARRIVES. LEAVES.

No. 8 . 2:31 a. m............2:46 a. m.No. 6 12:01 p. m. 12:21 p. m.No. Io 1:29 p. m. ....... 1:49 p. m.

No. 26 (Sunset Limited) arrives at 2:55 p.m., leaves 3:05 p. i., on Monday. Thurs-day and Saturday.

AI.EXANIKRIA BRAN(CH.

No. 72, arrives at 1:45 a. m.No. 73. leaves at 2:25 p. m.

Church Notices.

METHODIST CHURCH.

C. C. Wier, pastor. Preaching

every Sunday at iX a. in. and 7:30

p. m. Sunday school to a. m. Ep-

worth League, Sunday evening 6:45.

Praver meeting, Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Song service, Friday 7:30 p. m.

A MUNICIPAL TICKETIn another part of this paper a

municipal ticket is offered for theconsideration of the Democratswho will vote at the primaries of

April 6.The Gazette believes that should

this ticket be elected, and theredoes not appear to be any opposi-tion to its selection, the affairs of

the town will be in good hands.

With the exception of two gentle-

men, who declined to run for re-

election, the ticket is composed ofthe members of the present Council,

which has, during the nast two

years, administered the business of

the town with ability and economy.

The Gazette does not think that

all in all a better ticket could be

selected. Its election will guarantee

a continuance of an intelligent,

progressive and business-like ad-

ministration of our municipality.

Bryan's Commoner-One dollar

a year. Joe E. Mouton, agent-

NOTICENon-residents and Unknown

Delinquents.

Lafayette, La., March 7, 19o01.The following named non-residents where

post-office address is unknown, and un-known owners, are hereby notified that theState and parish taxes on the property de-scribed below as per assessment rolls for theyear indicated, are now due and delinqpentsince January 1, 19go, and same must bepaid with costs and penalties or said prop-erty will be sold according to law:

Fusilier Gabriel, assigns, 47 acres in sec.65, Tp :o, S. R. 5 E. Valuation $282.oo;State tax $1.69, parish $2.82, school 56cents, notice $t.oo.

Unknown, 29 acres of land bounded northby N. Simon and south by same. Valua-tion $116; State tax 70 cents, parish $I.16,school 23 tents, notice $i.oo

Prejean, Mrs. Adomonia, one lot in Scott;valuation $25; State tax 15 cents, parish tax25 cents, school 5 cents, notice $x.oo.

D)arby, John, 5o acres of land with im-provements bounded north by Bayou Caren-cro and south by O. Breaux. Valuation$5oo; State tax $3.00, parish $5.oo," schoolS1.oo, notice $I.oo.

Thibodeaux, Mrs. Lessin, 50 acres of landbounded north by P. and D. Broussard.Valuation $350.oo; State tax $2.10, parishtax $3 50

, school tax 70 cents, notice $I.oo.

Cormier Oculi, 40 acres of land with im-provements bounded north by L. Hanks,south by V. Cormier. Valuation $2oo.oo;State tax $1.20, parish tax, $2.00, schooltax 40 cents, notice $1.oo.

Upton I). P.. 6o acres of land with im-provements, bounded north by J. Lyons.south by R. Francez. Valuation $450.oo;State tax $2.70, parish tax $4.50; school tax,go cents, notice $I.oo.

Lassere Ernest, lots 5-6, sqr. 25, Mc-Comb's Additon.. Valuation $4oo.oo; Statetax $2.4o; parish tax $I.2zo, notice $1.oo.

Unknown, 8 acres of land, bounded northby DeClouet and south by same, taxes for97-98-99-19oo. Valuation $64.00oo; Statetax, $1.52; parish tax $2.56, school tax I3cents, notice $I.oo.

I. A. BROUSSARD,Sheriff and Tax-Collector,

March 9, 19goi. I.afayette Parish-

General Insurance.Life: Equitable of the United

States.Accident: Employers' Liability

Assurance Co.Boiler: Hartford Steam Boiler

Insurance and Inspection Co.Tornado: Home Insurance Co.

of N. Y.Surety Bond: American Surety

Co. of New York.Rent: Home Ins. Co. of N. Y.Fire: Liverpool & London

Globe; Royal Exchange; Royal of.Liverpool; North British and Mer-cantile; Greenwich of New York;German American of New YorK;Lancashire ot Manchester; Penn-sylvania of Philadelphia; Nationalof Hartford, Conn.; Mechanics and1 raders of New Orleans.

S. R. PARKERSON, Agent.FELIX MOUTON, Solicitor.

THE OGDEN.COLGIN CASE.

Trial of an Exception Taken bythe Defense.

Last Tuesday when the case ofthe State vs Carlton Ogden and C.E. Colgin was called up before thedistrict court Mr. P. S. Pugh, ofcoumnsel for the defense, filed an ex-ception on the ground that the of-fense was committed beyond thelimits of this parish.

Friday being the day fixed forthe trial of the exception the ac-cused and their attorneys, Messrs.P. S. Pugh and P. T. Ogden, werein court. District Attorney Camp-bell represented the State.

A number of witnesses were in-troduced by both the defense andthe State and considerable testi-mony was taken to prove where theshooting took place. In all prob-ability the trial of the exception willbe concluded this morning. It wasnot terminated yesterday on ac-count of the absence of importantwitnesses. The decision of the courton this question will settle only thematter of jurisdiction.

It will be remembered that an in-dictment was returned against theaccused by the Acadia Grand Juryand that a nolle pros was entered inthat parish by District AttorneyCampbell and the case was trans-ferred to this parish.

Ogden and Colgin are chargedwith the shooting of O. P. Guilbeauon an excursion train, between Du-son and Rayne, during the monthof November, 1899.

BOSTON CONCERT CO.

To be Followed by Joaquin 1Millerand Harr Wagner, the Fa-

mous Lecturers.

Thanks o a number of public-spirited citizens Lafayette was vis-ited last Tuesday by a most de-serving company of entertainers.The Boston Concert Company, thefirst one of the series of entertain-ments composing the Thomas Ly-ceum, was fully up to expectations.Walther, the violinist; Newton, theelocutionist and impersonator; MissRoddy, the sweet singer and MissPayson, the pianist, displayed talentof an unusually high order, eachmaintaining the good reputationthat preceded them.

The unquestioned merit of thefirst entertainment is a guaranteethat the two others of the series willbe worthy of the patronage of thepublic. The next to appear here isHarr Wagner, who, in his "slightlyhumorous lecture," will not fall togive his audience an intellectualtreat of uncommon merit. Thethird and last, will be a lecture byJoaquin Miller, the famed poet ofthe Sierras. Cincinnatus HeineMiller, known by the pseudonym ofJoaquin Miller, is one of the mostinteresting characters among theliterary men of America. Hiscareer has been adventurous in theextreme and his success most phe-nominal. As a member of thefamous Walker band of filibustersin Nicaragua he had a very narrowescape. His adventures in themining camps of the west and hisdealings with the Indians, amongwhom he lived many years, havegiven him a rare opportunity tostore his great mind with an inex-haustible fund of information. Aslawyer, journalist and finally as awriter of poetry and prose he gaveevidences of a wonderful intellect.But itis for the realms of poesythat the genius of Miller seems mostsuitable. We reproduce below afew gems from his pen:

THEL SUNRISE

The east is blossoming! Yea, a roseVast as the heavens, soft as a kiss,.Sweet as the presence of woman is,

Rises and reaches, and widens and growsLarge and luminous up from the sea,And out of the sea, as a blossoming tree,

Richer and richer, so higher and higher,Deeper and deeper it takes its hue;Brighter and brighter it reaches throughThe space of healven and the place of stars,Till all is as rich as a rose can be,

And my rose-leaves fall into billows of fire.

TRAVELING.

Better sit still where born, I say,Wed one sweet woman and love her well,

Love and be loved in the old East way,DI)rink sweet waters, and dream in a spell,

Than to wander in seasrchof the Blessed Isles,And to sail the thousands of watery milesIn search of love, and find you at lastOn the edge of the world, and a curs'd out-cast.

WOMAN.

O woman, born first to believe us,Yea, also born first to forget;

Born first to betray and deceive us,Yet first to repent and regret.

GRAND JURYMakes a Planl Report-Recommen-

datioes to the School Boardand Police Jury.

Wednesday afternoon the GrandJury made the following report:

To the tonm. C. Debaillo,, /fdge ofthe 18th District Court:

We, your grand jurors impaneledfor this term of court "and follow-ing six months," having performed,and completed, '-we believe," forthe present, our duty, by carefullyinvestigating all charges submittedby the district attorney, and allcharges brought to our knowledgefrom different sources, now respect-fully beg leave to be discharged.The evidence of the work we haveperformed will be shown by thenumber of true bills and no truebills reported to the honorablecourt.

We have conferred with road-overseers of all wards in the parish

and find that most of them are do-ing their best under present condi-tions to build and maintain goodroads, though we regret having tostate that work on roads in one ortwo wards was neglected for an un-reasonable length of time. Andfrom few of the overseers we wereinformed that they were hamperedin their work from the fact that landowners alongside the roads refusedto allow drainage through theirproperty-hence, we recommend tothe Hon. Police Jury that the properproceedings according to law beadopted and enforced in those particular cases, for we believe thereare no interests of a public natureof more vital and urgent importanceto every inhabitant of the parishthan good public roads, and we rec-ommend to the Police Jury thattheir best efforts be used in favor ofgood roads.

We have also conferred with thesuperintendent of public educationin order to be informed of the con-dition and progress of the schools,but we regret having to state thatthe information gotten was not en-tirely satisfactory. We are of theopinion that the superintendent ofeducation should visit all schoolsregularly, as the law requires.This fact, the superintendent sug-gested himself, was of the mostvital importance in order that thesuperintendent and teacher couldbe kept in close touch with eachother, but he regretted, on accountof sickness or other causes, he hadnot been able to do so.

To the Parish School Board weask in the name of the many chil-dren for good schools. To themembers of the Police Jury in thename of the people we ask for goodroads.

We have examined the jail build-ing and (with the exception of fewrepairs necessary, which we recom-mend to the proper authorities)find same in good condition, asclean and comfortable as an insti-tution of the kind can be. Pris-oners informed us that they werewell fed and well treated. But werecommend that the unfortunate in-sane woman now in jail be removedto the asylum soon as possible.

We have also examined thesheriff's and clerk's othces and findboth kept in good, clean businessmanner.

Before closing our report wewish to present our thanks to

your honor for the able charge,clea r-ly defining our duties; also to thecourteous district attorney for val-uable assistance rendered in con-nection with faithful sheriff and

deputies, etc.Respectfully submitted,

CHAS. O. MOUTON,

Foreman of Grand Jury-

FOR RENT-A dwelling housein the town of Lafayette. Applyto Gazette office for particulars.

Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Ross, ac-companied by their son, Mr. A. J.Ross, left this week for Montezuma,Ind.

Yes, indeed, we sell lime, brick,sand and cement. E. H. Vorden-baumen.

Now is the time to select yourEaster hat. Call at Mrs. Bailey's.She has all the latest styles in springand summer millinery.

HEROIC DEATH

Of Mother Augusta-Particularsof a Most Unfortunate Oc.

nurrenoe.

An accident followed by resultspeculiarly sad occurred near LakeCharles last Tuesday on passengertrain No. 8 which is due at thispoint at a:31 in the morning. It wasone of those inexplicable fatalitieswhich human efforts can not pre-vent. No one regretted it morethan Conductor W. J. Hoover whoacted the pait of the humane andbig-hearted man that he is. Rail-road men ace often called upon towitness heartrending scenes, butnever before had the crew of trainNo. 8 been confrontedOwith an ac-cident so inexpressibly pathetic.

Among the passengers were twonuns, Mother Augusta and SisterFrancis who were from the SacredHeart Academy, of Hallettsville,Texas, and on their way to NewOrleans. It was subsequently as-certained that Sister Francis wasbeing taken by Mother Augusta toNew Orleans to be treated for in-sanity.

When a point about three milesfrom Lake Charles was reachedSister Francls arose from her seatand dashed toward the platforn ofthe coach, being closely followedby Mother Augusta. ConductorHoover noticing this, rushed froman adjoining car to the rescue ofthe nuns, who had by this time,fallen off the rapidly-movingtrain. Conductor Hoover stoppedthe train, and soon went to the as-sistance of the unhappy nuns whowere carried into the train by kindhands. Mother Augusta was suf-fering from a fracture of the skullwhile Sister Francis - was not in-jured. Dr. Arcenaux of Welsh wassent for and everything was done torelieve Mother Augusta and to ap-pease the demented nun who hadbecome greatly excited and wantedto jump off the train again. MotherAugusta never regained conscious-ness and just when the train en-tered the corporate limits of La-fayette the soul of this saintly nunwho had consecrated her life toGod and had just given evidenceof sublime devotion to duty, leftthis earth to take its place amongthe angels in heaven. MotherAugusta died a heroine's death. Inthe fulfillment of a sacred trust sheended a life dedicated to nobledeeds. In an effort to save a be-loved sister from what seemed im-minent death this sweet-faced sol-dier of the cross lost her own life. -

When the train reached Lafayet:eCoroner J. F. Mouton was informedof what had happened. The doctor,Messrs. Pink Torian, Desire Doucetand others at the So. Pacific stationrendered every assistance and pre-parations were soon made to takethe body of Mother Augusta to theMount Carmel Convent. MotherPatrick also kindly took charge ofSister Francis who was taken toNew Orleans the next day.

Mother Patrick communicatedwith the convent at Hallettsville to

which place the body of MotherAugusta was conveyed for burial.

Mother Augusta and Sister Fran-cis were of the order of the Incar-nate Word.

New Ads.Read the new advertisements in

this issue of The Gazette of the fol-lowing persons: John Vigneaux, un-dertaker; WV. V. Nicholson, dealerin farming implements, etc.; Plon-

sky Bros., dealers in clothing, etc.

Buy your shelled corn for feed orseed at George A. DeBlanc's, at theold stand near the depot.

LOST-On or near the newly

opened extension of Johnson street,Thursday morning, one purse about

2 inches in diameter, containingtwo copper pieces and two small

keys. Finder will receive SI bydehlivering same to Gazette office.

Found Dead.Coroner J. F. Mouton was called

to Scott Tuesday morning to lookinto the death of a colored womanwho was found dead in her house.Dr. Mouton held an inquest and itwas ascertained that the woman'sdeath was the result of naturalcauses.

J. C. Nickerson went to Jenningsthis week on business connectedwith his real estate agency.

THE GRAND JURYImpaseled With C. O. Moston as

Poremasn-Tweatv-oe TrueBills Reported.

A regular criminal term of thedistrict court convened last Mon-day with Judge Debaillon on thebench. All the officers were pres-ent, willing and anxious to transactbusiness. There is no unnecessarydelay in the Lafayette court and itrequites very little time to set themachinery of justice in motion.District Attorney Campbell, SheriffBroussard and Clerk Yoorhies wereat their posts. Judge Hirsch wasthere merely as a spectator. Withcharacteristic energy the day beforehe had treated :he court-room to athorough cleansing and his dutiesno longer required his presence.

Judge Debaillon appointed Mr.Chas. O. Mouton foreman of thegrand jury and the following nameswere drawn out of the box: PierreLandry, P. R. Roy, Albert Guidry,C. C. Brown, L. G. Breaux, HinesaHoffpauir, J. P. Gulley, Jos D. Do-gas, J. A. Begnaud, A. A. Morgan.Nathan F. Broussard.

Judge Debaillon' delivered hischarge to the Jury with usual clearness, thoroughly informing thejurors as to their duties. He spokeof the law relative to the obstruc-tion of navigable streams. He ex-plained the statute protecting ricelevees. The judge referred to thefish law. He said that a year agoparties were punished for the viola-tion of this law and he stronglyurged its strict enforcement. Hewas pleased to think that the lawagainst the carrying of concealedweapons was not as generally vio-lated as it had been, but be recom-mended that the Jury exert everyeffort toward its strictest enforce-ment. He hoped to be able tothoroughly eradicate the vicioushabit of carrying concealed weap-ons to which so many crimes couldbe traced. He called attention tothe laws prohibiting the selling ofweapons and liquors to minors.He alluded to the anti-gamblinglaws.

At the conclusion of the judge'scharge the Jury retired to its roomand went to work at once. It re-mained in session until Wednesdayafternoon when it reported the fol-lowing cases:

True Bills.Petit Sonnier and Baboon Cook

larceny.Felix Jenkins, discharging a

weapon in a public place.A. Caisson discharging fire-arm

on a public street.Julien Victor and Frank Robert-

son, shooting on public highway.James Hamilton and Severin

King, assault with a dangerousweapon.

Martin Whittington, horse steal-ing.

Ilo Comeaux, murder.Maxim Foot, assault with intent

to rape.Adeline Fan, larceny.Four indictments were placed on

the secret docket. One for horsestealing, one for burglary and en-tering in the night time with a dan-gerous weapon, and the two othersfor discharging fire-arms on thepublic highway.

The Jury reported eight no truebills.

Bills of Information.District Attorney Campbell filed

bills of information in the followingcases:

Charles Herpeche, concealed

weapon.Frank Robertson, concealed

weapon.Ralelgh Avant, concealed weapon.Bebe Guillaume, concealed

weapon.Henry Guillaume, concealed

weapon.Toney, concealed weapon.

Pleaded Guilty.The following parties pleaded

guilty:Charles Herpeche, carrying con-

cealed weapon.Raleigh Avant, carrying con-

cealed weapon.Felix Jenkins, discharging pastol

in a public place.A. Caisson, discharging Stesnarm

in public street, .